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InsightsPlain answers on putting AI to work.

For owners, leadership teams, and the advisors and IT providers who work with them. Start with the path that fits you, or find the question you’re asking.

Tried AI and it didn’t stick? Start here

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Chase BernierFounder, Sidekick Orchestration · AI Adoption Partner

// Start here

Three short reading paths.Pick the one that sounds like you.

Path 01

Running it yourself

You own the business or do the work, and you want AI to carry more of your week.

  1. Why AI Doesn't StickTried AI and it faded? Why that happens, and what keeps it going.7 min read
  2. What Five Early AI Setups Taught Me About Where to StartWhere five owners found the right first job for AI.6 min read
  3. What AI Handles Inside My One-Person BusinessWhat AI runs in a one-person business, and what still needs a person.8 min read
  4. Before you say yes: how working with us worksWhat to ask anyone you hire, with our plain answers.7 min read
Path 02

Leading a team or company

You need AI working across a team, and people will ask whether it is safe.

  1. The Four Levels of AI Adoption (And How to Know Where You Are)See where your company is today and what the next level looks like.9 min read
  2. Is my data safe with AI? What will IT say?Reading versus acting, and what your IT provider will check.6 min read
  3. AI and sensitive information: a few settings and a few decisionsThe few settings and decisions that protect client information.8 min read
  4. AI adoption has a setup tax. I rarely see it in the budget.Budget for the setup and learning time, not only the licences.13 min read
Path 03

Partners and IT providers

You coach or advise owners, or look after their IT, and they are asking you about AI.

  1. Six AI Questions Fractional Executives Need to AnswerThe questions your clients are already asking.14 min read
  2. Copilot, Claude or ChatGPT: what's actually secure?Written for owners and the IT providers who advise them.6 min read
  3. What changes when you connect AI to your businessWhat AI can read, what it may change, and who approves.6 min read
  4. The AI Delegation MapSort a client's work in one page before you suggest anything.One-page tool
// Browse by question

Every article,sorted by the question it answers.

Is it safe with client data?

What AI can see, what it can do, and what your IT provider will want in place.

Start with thisAI Audit Logs: The Minimum System a Small Company NeedsThe five AI records a small company should set up first, and who needs each one.8 min readRead

What does it cost, and what does it take?

The money, the setup time, and how working with us actually runs.

Start with thisWhat an AI setup costs, including the work around itPrice a better way to do one recurring task: the setup, the software and the time you still spend checking.5 min readRead

Where should we start?

How to pick the first piece of work, and what to leave with a person.

Start with thisShould AI Do This Work?Score one recurring task on five practical factors and choose the right role for AI.9 min readRead

How do we get the team using it?

Start with your leaders, then bring your team along.

Start with thisThe Real Reason Your Team Can't Agree on AIYour leaders picture different tools when they say “AI”. What gets everyone looking at the same thing.5 min readRead

How do I get better results day to day?

Better briefs, fewer repeated mistakes, and a setup that improves as you use it.

Start with thisWhy AI does more of the work for some peopleGive AI a useful brief, show it what done looks like, and keep the corrections.8 min readRead
// By industry

Advisory and financial firms

For wealth, advisory and insurance firms in Canada.

// Guides, tools and finished work

Hands-on helpfor setting AI up yourself.

Free guides and tools for people doing the setup themselves, and real examples of what AI hands back.

See the finished work

Guides and tools you can use today

ArchiveOlder commentary on AI models and the AI market (5)

Written earlier in 2026. The news in these pieces has moved on, so they are kept here for reference.

// Next step

One next step,whichever reader you are.